Cinema as it was meant to be seen

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 2001)

This is Tim Roth's finest hour as an actor of tremendous potential. His frailty as Novecento and his love for his talent is a worthy inspiration to artists around the world. Don't miss the showdown on the piano between Novecento (1900) and Jelly Roll...it will mezmerize you. Giusseppe Tornatore has once again shown his gift for movie making and the cinematography, production design and continuity in this film are works of Art(Has anyone seen this filmmaker's bio starting with Cinema Paradiso, Stanno Tutti Bene (Everybody's Fine), Malena?)...shame on Miramax for dropping the ball on the proper distribution format for this one with an Oscar Winning director at the helm...fyi, the film was nominated for 2 oscars and no one outside of NY and LA saw it...a collector's item when/if it ever goes out on DVD. Don't miss it...it's randomly playing on STARZ cable channel this month (Aug. 2001) in LA.